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Closing the Net: Beyond Informed Consent David C. Reardon Regular readers of The Post-Abortion Review have frequently read my suggestions regarding the need to go beyond the Pennsylvania model of standard informed consent which was upheld by the Supreme Court in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The Elliot Institute has now finished preparation of model legislation […]
I Am Not Raising a “Rapist’s Baby” … I Am Raising MY Baby 8/15/17 It’s Time to Stop Letting Abortion Clinics Hide Information on Injuries and Deaths to Women 8/8/17 Must Read Article on Men, Suicide and Abortion 6/9/17/17 In Incest Case, Abortionist’s Only Solution Is to Offer Abortion 5/12/17 Public Support of Pregnancy Help […]
“Kinder and Gentler” Pro-Life Leader Calls for Pro-Woman/Pro-Life Republican Platform Springfield, IL (March 20, 1996) An article in this week’s edition of NEWSWEEK magazine (March 25) reports that a new book by post-abortion expert Dr. David Reardon, director of the Springfield-based Elliot Institute, is helping to fashion a “kinder and gentler” anti-abortion movement. In his […]
The Post-Abortion Review This quarterly publication focuses on the impact of abortion on women, men, siblings and society, through summaries of the latest research findings, first hand testimonies, and critiques of pro-abortion propaganda. Pro-life leaders agree that we are providing the entire pro-life movement with the ammunition we need to defeat the pro-abortionist’s claim that […]
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Redirect A List of Major Psychological Sequelae of Abortion REQUIREMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT: In a study of post-abortion patients only 8 weeks after their abortion, researchers found that 44% complained of nervous disorders, 36% had experienced sleep disturbances, 31% had regrets about their decision, and 11% had been prescribed psychotropic medicine by their family doctor. […]
Didn’t former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop conclude that there are no psychological consequences from abortion? Actually, no. Dr. Koop was assigned by President Ronald Reagan to produce a report on the psychological impact of abortion on women. What Koop told the President is that he could not find any studies at that time […]
Summaries of the most recent studies published
By David C. Reardon, Ph.D. Population control advocates insist that expanded access to abortion is essential to improving the status and health of women throughout the world. Indeed, this message was tirelessly promoted by Hillary Clinton and U.S. officials at a long series of recent U.N. conferences dealing with population growth and women’s rights.Pro-lifers are […]
How to Open the Door to Healing A Compassionate Way to Help Others Find Healing You don’t have to talk to people about their abortions to open the door to post-abortion healing. You don’t even have to know whether a particular person has had an abortion or coerced someone else into an abortion. And you […]
